TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1980
EMPLOYMENT CHANGE APRIL
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JUNE
ALL INDUSTRIES REGISTERED AN INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR AS COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER.
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED FOR THE QUARTER BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ABOUT 925 400 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 1980.
THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 41 600 PERSONS OR 4.7 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 883 800 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1980. WHEN COMPARED WITH 877 400 PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE 1979, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 48 000 PERSONS OR 5.5 PER CENT.
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WERE WEARING APPAREL- TEXTILES ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
A COMPARISON IN THESE INDUSTRIES BETWEEN JUNE 1980 AND MARCH 1980 IS GIVEN BELOW 1
INDUSTRY
GROUP
WEARING APPAREL
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
CHANGE OF JUNE 1980 OVER MARCH 1980
JUNE
1979
MARCH 1980
JUNE
PERSONS
1980
ENGAGED
9% CHANGE
(EXCLUDING
KNITWEAR
FROM YARN)
256 200
252 500
269 100
+16 600
+6.6
TEXTILES
(INCLUDING
KNITWEAR
FROM YARN)
128 800
131 100 132 500
+ 1 400
+1.1
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY
APPLIANCES AND
SUPPLIES,
INCLUDING
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
114 000
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
94 800
120 400
88 500
123 600
95 100
+ 3 200
+2.7
+ 6 600
+7.5
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
84 000
85 600
91 500
+ 5 900
+6.9
THE MORE
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